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Budget Policy: Issues in Capping Mandatory Spending

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 18, 1994
Report No. AIMD-94-155
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Summary:

GAO examined whether implementation of a budgetary cap on mandatory entitlement spending is a practical way to control growth in mandatory programs. Although a spending cap on mandatory spending for federal entitlement programs would yield savings, a cap would have little, if any, effect on the long-term growth of these programs until the issues of eligibility and benefits, which drive up spending, are addressed.

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